SHIPPING
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1915.,
SHIPPING.
THOS. COOK & SON, NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents,
Bankers, &c.
Head Office for the Far East:-15, DES VEUX ROAD, HONG-
KONG. SHANGHAI: 2-3, Foochow Road. YOKOHAMA :
32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotel.
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORI D. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and CASHED
Chief Office -LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.
Destination.
Projected Sailings from Hongkong-
Subject to ‘Alteration
Steamers.
MARSEILLES
AND LONDON, Į §Kamo Maru vis Singapore, Capt. Shimidzu Penang, Colombo, Kashima. Maru Suez & Port Sald Capt. Yagi
VICTORIA. B.C.,
and SEATTLEvia | §Sado Maru
MSHIPPING
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Steamer
Begular Fortnightly Service between- JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
Trom
Tagad por about
For
Will wire on os ahent
LOG BOOK:
Speed In Shipbuilding,- Speed in shipbuilding is point to which attention has only bean directed of recent yeste, syo the Manchester Guardian. In the old days vonnela lay for years on the stooke, and Worę perhaps only completed in time of national emergeños. But in those days the design of warships Tibodas......JAVA...2nd half Jan.......JAPAN ...1st half Feb. changed very slowly--the Vistory T}lmanoek ...JAVA 1st half Feb. ............«S'HAI ...1st half Feb. herself was over 40 years old ...1st half Feb.when she uobieved immortality— Salling Date Dikembang JAPAN...1st half Feb......JAVA
Tilliwong.JAVA 1st half Feb.......JAPAN 1st half Feb. and little harm was occasioned Tilatjap.JAVA 1st half Mar.......JAPAN.1st half Marby delay. In these dare, however, Tjitaroem ...JAVA...2nd half Mar.......S'HAI ....2nd half Mar. it has been appreciated that n ahip is of the type prevailing at The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and he date of her design, not of b have accommodation for a limited number ofsaloon-passengers. All steators carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia."
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Tork Building.
THURS, 11th 16,000 (Fob. at noon.
THURS., 25th T. 19,000 Feb. at noon.
STUES, 9th
THE AUSTRALIAN S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Capt. Asakawa T. 12,500 {Fob, at noon.
ORIENTAL LINE
HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTI
SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).
Steamers.
TAIYUAN
Arrive Hongkong
from Australia.
18th Fob,
Sail Hongkong for Australia..
Zlat Feb.
These steamers are fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensur- ing a plentiful supply of ico, freal provisions eto, and have superior accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fane in the State-rooms. A duly qualified Doctor is ourried. Reduced Farbe.
Yokkaichi, and Yokohama
SYDNEY & MEL-
BOURNE, via Hitachi Maru. Manila, Thurs-Capt. Sato day Island, Tango Maru Townsville and | Capt. Soyeda Brisbane
CALCUTTA
S'pore,
via Penang
& Rangoon BOMBAY via Singa- pore and Colombo.
Ceylon Maru Capt. Shinobe Jinsen Maru Capt. Terado Rangoon Maru
[FRIDAY, 12th
T. 13,500 1 Feb a§4 p.m.
FRI, 12th T. 13,500 Mar. at 4 p.m.
T. 12,000 (Feb.
<
ƒSATUR., 6th
JTUES,, 9th
T. 5,000 (Feb.
[SATURDAY,
Cargo booked through for all Australian, Now Zealand and Tas-SHANGHAI, Kobe Cpat. Nomura T. 12,500 120th Feb.
manian ports.
For Freight or Passage apply to
Telephone No. 93.
Butterfleld & Swire,"
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
Regular Service Between'
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS
EASTWARD.
The S.S. "Umia," tons 5,422, Capt. Babb, will be despatched for Shanghal, Kobe and Moji on the 4th Feb,
For freight or passage, apply to
- 1 Kawachi Maru
Capt. Nakamura T. 12,500 Tango Maru Capt. Soyeda
S'HAI and Kobe ..
NAGASAKI, Kobe)
& Yokohama ...... KOBE & Yokoham
Mishima Maru
་་
TUES, 9th Fob.
TUES, 9th
T. 13,300 Feb. at 10 a.m.
SATUR, 6th
Capt. S. Wad T. 16,000 (Feb. at 11 a.m.
Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy.
PASSENGER SEASON FOR 1915.
Steamers.
FOR EUROPE.
Displacement, Leave Hongkong
'Kamo Maru 10,000 tons Thursday 11th February Kashima
25th February Mishima Suwa Atsuta
**
20,000 16,000
"
11th March
**
"
25,000
25th March
10
"
16,000
11
"
8th April
Yasaka Miyasaki Kitano Fushima
23,000
22nd April
16,000
6th May
16,000
*1
#25,000
20th May 3rd June
FOR AMERICA..
Tuesday 9th February 23rd February 9th March
Hongkong, Jan. 23, 1915.
DAVID SASSOON & CO. LTD. Agoats.
Sado Maru Yokohama AWE Shidzuoka Tamba Ari
23
"
12,500 tons. 12,500 18,500
'35
ท
14
12,500
11
12,500
· 12,50)
Sado
12,500
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HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & WEST RIVER STEAMERS.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON and MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. and CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd.
HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.
HONGKONG TO CANTON. CANTON TO HONGKONG.
SATURDAY, 30th JANUARY,
*Terminus Yokohama
For further information apply to
Telephone No. 292.
f 5.00 p.m. Kinshan."
SUNDAY, 31st JANUARY,
5.00 pm, Fatshan.
Single Fara by Night Steamer...iname
⚫ 6.00
Return Fare by Night (available also for Return by day Steamer)... 10.00 Single Fare by Day Steamer:
Return Fare by Day Steamer......
HONGKONG MACAO LINE.
4.00
8.00
5.5. Sui Tai, tons 1,651 | 5.s. Tal Shan, tons 2,006 HONGKONG TO MACAO.
Week days at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf. Sundays at 8 am, and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lot Street Wharf.:
MACAO TO HONGKONG.
Week days at 8 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. Sundays at 8 a.m. & 1.30 p.m.
EXCURSION TO MACAO. SUNDAY, 31st JANUARY.
The Company's new Steamship TAISHAN
will depart from the COMPANY'S WING LOK STREET WHARF
at 8 a.m. and roturn from Macao at 1.30 p.m.
NH-The Campany will also run a steamer from Macao on Sunday at 8 am., and from Hongkong nil p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,
REDUCED FARES 2nd CLASS and DECK.
CANTON-MACAO LINE,
s.s. Sui An
Departures from Macae to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Departures from Canton to Macne on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4.30 p.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MAJAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD., & THE INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
CANTON-WUCHOW LINES
ss: Salnam, 588 tons and s.s. Nanning, 469 tons. Und of the above Steamers leaves Canton for Wuchowovery Monday, Wodnes day and Friday, at about 8 am, and the other leaves Wuchow for Canton on the same days at 8.30 am. Round trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice verso by the Company's direct Steamers LINTAN and SANUI. The Tomelt have superior Cabin accommodation and are lighted throughout by electricity, Electric faditionch Cabla, gustong
excepted) 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Booking Office open daily (Sunday Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the →
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.
HOTEL MANSIONS (First Floor),
Opposite the Blake Pier
23rd March
6th April
20th April
4th May
T. KUSUMOTO, Manager.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamers, Chenan
For
SHANGHAI............. PAKHOT & HAIPHONG......Kaifong | MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO... Kuelchow
SHANGHAI................... Anhui NINGPO & SHANGHAI................Shoalsing. SHANGHAI....................
Yingchow
MANILA CEBU&ILOILO...Taming
To Bail.
.....31st Jan, at 4 p... ......2nd Feb. at 11 a.m. ....2nd Feb. at noon. ......2nd Feb, at 4.p.m..
...2nd Feb. at 4 p.m. 4th Feb, at 4 p.m.: 9th Feb, at 4 p.m.
DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly.
"S.8. LINTAN" and "S.S. SANUI"
MANILA LINE-Twin Sorew Steamers "Chinhus,"
Taming,
Telephone No. 1574
TOYO KISEN KAISHA ship builling was, of course,
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU,
Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.
Leaves Hongkong
Steamer. Nippon Maru
Displacement. Tons & Speed
11,000 – 18 knots Tuesday, 9th February. 22,000 - 21'knots'
23rd February, 23rd March. 13th April.
Shinyo Maru
Chiyo Maru
22,000 - 21 knots
Tenyo Maru
22,000 21 knota
Steamers via Shanghai leave at noon. Steamers via Manila leave at 10,30 a.m.
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First Class to London.......£71.10. Return (6 months) £120. First Class to New York............£60.
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£96.10.
completion for interference with the original plans in nearly all" cases has spelt nothing but disas ter. That being so, it is obviously desirable that she should be com pleted in the shortest possible. time in order that who may havs as long as possible in commission bsforo who passes into the obsol- jascent class. The record in batile-
achieved when Lord Fisher was | previously at the A Imiralty, whos the Dreadnought, first of the all- big-gun skips, was launobed some five months after the laying of her keel and commissioned some nine months later. Fourteen months and nine days were the total. period. But in her case. the admission must be made that the performa.ica Was exceptional, Every- one know that a record was to be attempted, and material in great quantity was assembled ere over a rivet was struck. Later vessels, however, of the largestolass hüre been completed in about two years from the date of laying
San Franciscó £45.
£68," Passagora purchasing Trans-Pacific Retum tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacific Mail SA, down. Two years for a battle- Vancouver by steamers of the Canadian Pacifio Railway Co..
ship in this country is supposed
Special Rates given to ĦAVAL & MILITARY, OIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION-Co be the standard time. The ROUND THE WORLD Tickets lamed in Connection with all the Principal
ARIES ato.
Mall Unes and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
charge.
Passengers may travel by Railway between ports of call is Japan. free
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
German Dreadnoughts of the
earlier types were about 50 per
of
Cont. longer, in building. Thus,
The
Via JAPAN FORTS, HONOLULU, HILO. LOS ANGELES, MANZANILLO, BALINA CRUZ, PANAMA, CALLAO, IQUIQUE sai VALPARAISO, THENUE BY TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES, ETO. KER
Anyo Maru
18,500- 15 koots
the Nasssa took 40 months, the Westphalen 37 months. Rheinland also took just over the three years to complete, but the Posen reducol the time to jit. 36 months. Even at that time the
For Full Particulars as to Passago & Freight,ednesday, 10th March | First Lord of the day stated in.
Telephone No. 291
O. WURIU, Acting Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS,
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.
· MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA VIA MANILA.
MAIL SCHEDULE-
the House of Co umons that if: desired the Germain yar could perform the work in a still shorter time.
It is not practicable to build s- battleship, at all events in time of peace, in the ordinary way in less than 24 menthe, and in certain Cases from various cuusse this" period has been exceeded in certain recent ships. The period taken for the building of heavy jarmoured oruisers is fully as graat as that of battleships. As regards light craisers, we may take as a good example-till to-day-the case of the Arethusa-the vessel which distinguished herself'in the Heligoland engagement at the end of August. Hor keel was laid in the Royal Dockyard at Chatham on October 29, 1912, and she wan floated on the 25th October 8th Feb. at 11a.m. following, being thus just under 19th Feb.
a year in that stage. This may appear somewhat long for a vessel
(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.)
Steamer.
Arrive Hongkong from Australia.
Empire me
Aldenham 2................................. St. Albans..
18th Feb.
Leave Hongkong for Australia,
*
The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en-of her clase, but she was fluated suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc, and are lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electric Fane. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.
For further particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & Co.,
Agents.
out of dock, not launched, and so was probably very well forward at the time. On commissioning she went almost direct to Heligoland, and earned her fame within” 22 months of the laying of her keel, The Caroline's sohievement com. pares well indeed with, this, She need not have been completed. bafors May 21, 1915. She was, in fact, delivered on December 17, 1914, över five months under con
y
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD. tract time, and ten mouths and
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports,
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers. fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on "Taming" & " Tean." Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine.
...
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN.
SHANGHAI LINE-The Twin Screw steamers Anhul and." Chenan and the S.S.Kanchow," "Liangchow,"
Luchow
and Yingchow having excellent accommodation, with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the Steamships. State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghal, leaving Hongkong
Halyang for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, taking Halching Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Tangteze and Northern China Ports.
(Occupying 9 to 10 days.)
Captain
Leaving.
A. E. Hodgins... | TUES, 2nd Feb W. O. Passmore. TUES., 8th Feb.
1 p.m. p.m.
FOR SWATOW Haimun......A. H. Stewart... | SUN..
31st Jan, at 10 am. These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, avoiding the Haimun....A. H. Stewart... WED.
3rd Feb. at 1 pm. inconvenience of trans-shipment at Woosung.,
Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near
Blake Pier.
For Freight or Passages apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Telephone No. St.
Agents..
Hongkong 90th Jan, 1915,
Dougins Lapralk & Com
General Managers
twenty days only after the da'am of her launch. Germany has not: os yet done anything as fast að this, though her building of torpedo bost destroyers has at times been faster than our Of recent years great moreoy hes been observed in both countries, and it is difficult to tell the acinal time occupied in construction, especially of smaller craft, Bat in this country we have had des troyera belonging to the pro- gramme of the year which begins Jon April 1, provisionally ordered. In December, actually laid down in the middle of Marob, and ran ning their trials in the following January Saoh a vessel would thus not be fuisbed till some twenty-one months after the beginning of the financial year to which she really belonged, though, in fact, her construction, when at last it was undertaken, would not cooupy more than about ton months.
Oysters Fresh, Frieder. Findon Hadsele